Victorian Forts Milford Haven 4a
South Hook Fort Practice Battery
Commenced 1887 Armament
Completed 1887 4 x 64pr RML Practice
Cost £
Map Reference SM 86812 05725
Position West of South Hook
Type Practice Battery
Ditch None
Guns 4
Barrack Accom. None
Present use Open access
History Practice Battery for volunteers?
Disposal
Condition Good
Access Open
Sources 1858 &1868 Committee Reports, Precis of
Correspondence prior to 1893 National Archives.
History and description
In 1887 it was decided that guns mounted for practice on Thorne Island should not be carried out. The Defence Committee
instead decided the suggestions of the Officer Commanding Royal Artillery to establish a practice battery near South Hook
is worthy of consideration on the score of both expediency and expense.
The battery was built to the west of South Hook. Although it does not appear on armament lists it is safe to assume that it was
for four 64pr RML guns on C pivot platforms.
It consist of a line of four concrete emplacements with no parapets or embrasures.
A shelter/store and a small expense recess was constructed to the rear of the gun emplacements. The presence of discarded
friction tubes amongst the grass shows that it was in use during the Victorian period.
Four position finder cells (now demolished) for the battery, were sited behind.
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